Rock n’ Roll lives!!!  Having just begun their “Lay Down With Number 13″ tour, which is their first in over two years, The Black Crowes have just announced a co-headlining tour with good friends the Tedeschi-Trucks Band over the summer, with The London Souls taking opener duties.  The current tour, which will see two shows at Terminal 5 in NYC starting tonight, will continue through June 2nd, after which the band will tour Europe from June 18th to July 6th.

The co-headlining tour with Tedeschi-Trucks Band will begin on July 19th in Nashville, TN and run through August 15th, with shows at Charlotte, NC’s Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre, Boston, MA’s Bank of America Pavilion, Wantagh, NY’s Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre and Chicago, IL’ Charter One Pavilion, among others.

From all reports, the Crowes are on fire right now, especially the recently acquired Jackie Greene, who has been taking his lead guitar skills to the next level on this tour. Here is hoping that this breath of fresh air remains, and the brothers Robinson can figure out a way to play some shows on a semi-regular basis without such long droughts in between.

Tickets go on sale Friday, April 12 at 10:00AM local (except for Nashville, which goes on sale Friday, April 26). www.blackcrowes.com

Here is a video from the Capitol Theatre of the end of “Ballad of Urgency” into a rocking “Wiser Time”:

Black Crowes/Tedeschi Trucks Band Dates Summer Dates:

July 19 Nashville, TN – The Woods Ampitheatre at Fontanel
July 20 Alpharetta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 21 Charlotte, NC – Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre
July 23 Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheatre
July 24 Columbus, OH – LC Pavilion
July 27 Gilford, NH – Meadowbrook
July 30 Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion
July 31 Canandaigua, NY – CMAC
Aug 7 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
Aug 9 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug 10 Wantagh, NY – Nikon at Jones Beach
Aug 11 Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center
Aug 13 Indianapolis, IN – Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River
Aug 14 Chicago, IL – Charter One Pavilion
Aug 15 Rochester Hills, MI – Meadow Brook Music Festival